Investigating healing outcomes in people with venous ulcers: a randomised controlled trial

下肢静脉性溃疡（VLU）是一种极其常见、使人衰弱、费用昂贵的疾病，随着人口老龄化、肥胖和糖尿病的增加，这种负担预计会增加。标准的最佳治疗方法包括用紧绷带对小腿进行压迫包扎。根据一项初步研究，应用3层（3L）管状绷带似乎是一种很有前途的新治疗方法。我们将进行一项随机对照试验，以调查3L压缩术在愈合方面的改善，并衡量与标准压缩术相比的成本效益。

Venous leg ulcers (VLU) are an extremely common, debilitating, costly problem and the burden is expected to rise with the ageing population, obesity and diabetes. Standard best practice treatment includes compression bandaging of the lower leg by tight bandaging. Application of 3 layer (3L) tubular bandage appears to be a promising new treatment according to a pilot study. We will conduct a randomised controlled trial to investigate improvement in healing with 3L and to measure cost-effectiveness when compared to standard compression.